There Is No End: Tony Allen’s Final Drumroll Is a Message For the Next Generation
There Is No End is the album Tony Allen was working on before passing away at the age of 79. His fellow collaborators finished the…
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Out To Lunch! with Eric Dolphy: An Imaginatively Advanced Improviser
The year nineteen sixty-four was revolutionary when it comes to jazz records. Coltrane recorded his most acclaimed work, A Love Supreme, which got released the…
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Frankie Lymon & The Early Success of Rock-and-roll
One of the most famous and influential bands in doo-wop music history is The Teenagers, with Frankie Lymon as the lead singer. The five kids from…
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Duke Ellington & John Coltrane: A Collaboration Between the Generations
World-renowned jazz pianist and composer Duke Ellington regularly partnered with other acclaimed jazz musicians during the early sixties. John Coltrane was no exception. In 1962,…
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John Coltrane’s Soultrane
The second half of the nineteen-fifties defined John Coltrane’s career and helped him come into prominence as a musician and arranger. Underlined is the time…
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Buddy Bolden, The First Jazz Musician
Who played a key role in the birth of New Orleans jazz, and is considered the first jazz musician, is Buddy Bolden (born Charles Joseph…
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Little Mummy – A Rarity on Federal Records
Little Mummy, whose real identity is unknown, was a rhythm-an-blues singer who recorded only two songs with Federal Records in New Orleans. The songs were…
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Robert Glasper Shows Off His Jazz Chops With “Canvas”
Robert Glasper showed off his jazz chops long before he released the Grammy-winning album Black Radio in 2012. His Blue Note debut album titled Canvas…
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Tony Allen’s The Source – Afrobeat or Jazz?
Tony Allen’s 2017 mini-album release A Tribute To Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers was a unique opportunity to marry his afrobeat rhythms with Art…
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John Coltrane’s Both Directions at Once: The Lost Album
Another lost John Coltrane recording which recently got discovered is the album titled Both Directions at Once: The Lost Album. The album got recorded on…
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Dee Dee Bridgewater’s Debut Album: Afro Blue
Dee Dee Bridgewater, born Denise Garrett (1950), is an award-winning singer-songwriter with a career encompassing jazz, soul, and disco. Her debut studio album Afro Blue…
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The Rhythm of Shirley Ellis – The Name Game
Shirley Ellis, born Shirley Marie O’Garra in 1929, was an American soul singer and songwriter who gained international fame during the 1960s. Although her active…
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The Composition That Established Boogie-woogie: The Fives
Boogie-woogie piano music would always remain a Texas tradition, but its music hub would become Chicago. In 1921, George Washington Jr. Thomas and Hersal Thomas…
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A Collective of Musicians Re:imagined the Blue Note Catalogue
Ever since its birth, jazz music has continuously evolved into various subgenres. The American record label Blue Note Records, which got established in 1939, played…
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Tony Allen’s Tribute To Art Blakey
Afrobeat legend and drummer, Tony Allen, was strongly influenced by the recordings of Art Blakey. For his first release on Blue Note Records, he pays…
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Youthful Enthusiasm: The Cooker by Lee Morgan
Trumpeter Lee Morgan was only 19 years old when he led the recording of his Blue Note original album titled The Cooker. The album is…
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Digging the Archives: Previously Unissued Jazz Recordings
There are various reasons for record companies to decide not to release an album. Labels such as Blue Note recorded more than they could release…
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The Pioneers of Boogie-woogie: Lewis, Ammons, & Johnson
When looking back at the development of boogie-woogie piano music, three pianists stand out. Their names are Meade ‘Lux’ Lewis, Albert Ammons, and Pete Johnson.…
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Time OutTakes: A Peek Into The Studio With The Dave Brubeck Quartet
When author Philip Clark was researching for his biography Dave Brubeck: A Life in Time, he discovered previously unissued tapes from the recording sessions of…
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The Album That Documented Ethio-Jazz: Mulatu Of Ethiopia
Ethiopian jazz musician and composer Mulatu Astatke had one important goal. He got inspired by jazz music and wanted to promote and actively use Ethiopian…
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